Daumants Dreiškens

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Daumants Dreiškens
Latvian SSR
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi Four-man
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi Two-man
World Championships
Gold medal – first place
2016 Igls
Four-man
Silver medal – second place 2015 Winterberg Two-man
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Lake Placid Four-man
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Winterberg Four-man

Daumants Dreiškens (born 28 March 1984) is a Latvian

bobsledder
, brakeman, who has competed since 2003.

He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the

Igls, Austria, with pilot Oskars Melbārdis, Arvis Vilkaste and Jānis Strenga. It was the first ever World Championships gold medal in bobsled for Latvia
.

He also won a silver medal in the two-man event at

Winterberg, Germany, and two bronze medals in the four-man events at the FIBT World Championships 2009 in Lake Placid, New York, with pilot Jānis Miņins, Oskars Melbārdis and Intars Dambis, and at the FIBT World Championships 2015
.

Dreiškens also competed in three

Winter Olympics, earning a silver medal in the four-man event at Sochi in 2014. He finished 5th in the two-man event at Sochi in 2014 and 6th in the two-man event at Turin in 2006
.

He became the four-man European Champion in 2008 and 2015 and finished 3rd in the four-man event in 2016

Bobsleigh European Championship
. He also finished 2nd in the two-man event in 2015 Bobsleigh European Championship.

At the 2014–15 Bobsleigh World Cup season Dreiškens as Oskars Melbārdis brakeman has 15 (from 16) podium finishes in two-man and four-man events, including seven first places. In his career, he has more than 40 podium finishes at Bobsleigh World Cup.

Dreiškens started his career mostly competing with pilot Jānis Miņins. After Miņins retirement he competed with pilot Edgars Maskalāns and later with Oskars Melbārdis.

Prior to his

Latvian Basketball League
.

References

External links

Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Latvia
2018 Pyeongchang 		Succeeded by
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